Fixture-support.



C. V. HENDRICKSON, JR. & J. F. MERGENDE LLER.

FIXTURE SUPPORT. APPLICATION FILED APR. 9. HHS. RENEWED. NOV. 1. Hill.

Patented Dec. 11, 1917.

. J17 ilfelglldellerQ onnaxson v. HENDRICKSON, J'B.,\AND JOHN niivinaennnamv NEW YORK.

ER, or 30mm,

FIXTUBE-SUPYORT.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that We, CLARKSON V. I'IEN- DRIGKSON, Jr., and JOHN F. Mnnonuonnnnn,* citizens ofthe United States, residin -at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and tate of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Fixture- Supports, of which the following is a specification. f This invention relates to supports especially' adapted to be used for applying fixtures to a wall and it consists in the novel features hereinafter described and cl aimed. An object of the invention is to provide a simple and-durable device adapted to be used for the purpose stated and which may be used for connectingbrackets, racksor, other similar articles with .asupporting wa 1.

The device includes a clip of especial de sign adapted to be applied to the wall or other supporting object the -said clip being. adapted to engage ina socket provided at the back'of the 'fixture'in a manner whereby the fixture may be readily disconnected from .25 the wall when desired.

In the accompanyin drawing:- Figure 1 is a top p an viewof a bracket applied to the support with parts broken away and parts in section.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a bracket 2nd one form of the supporting clip thereor. p

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a modified form of supporting clip.

The support comprises a clip 1 preferably ,formed' from sheet metal possessing mere orless resiliency. In the form of clip as shown in Figs/1 and 2 of the drawing the same consists of an intermediate 'ort on 2 provided. at its oppoe site sides wit flanges. 3. Thesaid flanges converge with relatlon to each other and'ar'e; inclined with relation to the plane in which the intermediate portion 2 lies; The intermediate portion 2 of the clip is provided at one end with an outstanding pron 4 which is adapted to be embedded in a wal orother object upon which the device ismounted. p The. intermediate portion 2 of the clip is 60 provided-with an opening 5 through which a securing screw 6 or other suitable securlng device may be passed for attaching the cl1p--. 1 to, the wall or supporting ob ect. The intermediat'e portion 2 of the clip may also be provided with an opening at a polnt belbw wall thus preventing the clip 1 from turni snugly receive the flanges 3 between them Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Dec 111, 9

Renewed November 7, 1917. Serial In). 200,845.

the opening 5 which may receive a brad, nail or other similar securing means not shown.

When the clip 1 is'applied to'a wall the screw 6 is passed through the opening 5 and driven into the wall as best indicated in Fig. 1 of .the drawing and when the-said; screw is tight the prong 4; is forced into the ng about the screw 6. If it is desired to posi-' tively prevent the possibility of the clipturning upon the'supporting screw a brador nail is .assed through the opening 7 and driven into the wall.

The fixture 8 is provided at its back with a socket 9 in which the clip 1 may be. re-' ceived when; the fixture 8 is placed over the same. The socket 9 is provided at upper side with an extension 10 having con"- verging and inclined side walls 11 which when the said-fixture is moved in a down Ward direction parallel .Wlth the plane of the intermediate portion 2 .of. the clip -1. Wheni so applied the walls ll bear directlyagainst the outer surfaces of the flanges 3 and' the, fixture .8 is held against movement in aln outward direction'with relationto the wal When it is desired to remove the fixture -8 from the wall it is passed in an upward direction with relation to the clip 1 whereby 1 the flanges 3 of the clip'l move, down into the socket 9. The fixture 8, may thenbe moved in an outward direction with relation to the wall and freely disconnected or detachedfrom the clip 1.

In the form of clip as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawing the same general structural arrangement is followed as that shown and. described in connection with the formof clip shown Fig. 2 withtheexception that additional flanges 12 are provided at the outer edges of the flanges 3. In this form ofthe'idevice the extension of the socket 9- in the fixture SWhich' is used in conjunction with the clip is provided with overhanging walls adapted to engage. behind the flanges 12 when the fixture is moved down along the clip and consequently the said flanges ma terially assist the flanges in su'pporting the fixture upon the ,clip. From the abovedescription taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawing it will be seen that a supporting means for ks, brackets; cabinets or similar devices M0 transversely with a socket shap 1 provide edges against which the base portion g masses is provided and that the said supporting means is of simple and durable structure and that the object supported upon the clip 7 claimed is In combination, a metallic clip consisting of a flat base portion formed with converging edges and with a pair of wings formed integrally upon said converging edges longitudinally thereof, said wings converging toward said base portion throughout their len .h, a bracket consisting of a body of material thickness, said body bein 7 formed so as to and wings. of said clip may contact with the base portion in contact with the inner wall of Sfild' socket, said socket being formed in a plane with-said clip receivin portion with a substantially rectangular socet having opposing edges which extend laterally of the sides of the first socket to enlarge the space immediately in advance of the entrance to said first socket, whereby to permit said clip to loosely enter the rectangular socket and be frictionally guided into the first-named socket. e v

lin testimony whereof we affixour signatures in presence of two witnesses.

' GLAElKdON- V- NDRIGKSON, JR. JQHN F. MERGENDELLER. Witnesses: v

SA' L. Gnaaom, Gnol8. Brena. 

